Pokemon Cards Tips: A Gnarly Tool for Playing Online

Written by | September 5, 2009 | 34 comments | 115 views | Rating: 0

Title explains it all…just watch it’s a short video.

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  • http://twitter.com/kwisdumb kwisdumb

    Skype is a great tool, but I don’t use it because I don’t have a headset, and I predict that that’s the reason why many others don’t as well. I should pick one up though, ha.

    Good video.

  • http://twitter.com/kwisdumb kwisdumb

    Skype is a great tool, but I don’t use it because I don’t have a headset, and I predict that that’s the reason why many others don’t as well. I should pick one up though, ha.

    Good video.

  • Mach

    But, but, but… What if we have a really embarrassing girly voice that we don’t want our opponents to hear?

  • Mach

    But, but, but… What if we have a really embarrassing girly voice that we don’t want our opponents to hear?

  • http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

    you don’t even need a headset, most computer monitors and laptops have a small microphone that while is not great quality, can still work :)

  • http://www.sixprizes.com Adam

    you don’t even need a headset, most computer monitors and laptops have a small microphone that while is not great quality, can still work :)

  • Alex

    Its Actually a pretty intense little tool lol! I’m more of a red-shark person so this would be perfect with it. Thanks for the Video!

    P-S. Mach its ok to have girl voice i wont laugh :P

  • Alex

    Its Actually a pretty intense little tool lol! I’m more of a red-shark person so this would be perfect with it. Thanks for the Video!

    P-S. Mach its ok to have girl voice i wont laugh :P

  • quaziko

    The main reason I didn’t like playing online was that it took forever…Skype cuts down that time almost in half.

    Saving time, saving frustration, Skype.

  • quaziko

    The main reason I didn’t like playing online was that it took forever…Skype cuts down that time almost in half.

    Saving time, saving frustration, Skype.

  • Rokman

    I HATE Skype with a passion. Ventrilo is SO much simpler to use and way more convenient.

    Hey, now that i think about it, why don’t you set up a 6P ventrilo? I can show you how to moderate, ban/kick people, mute people and how to set up announcements in ventrilo etc. You can get like a 50 person one for like 6-10 bucks a month.

  • Rokman

    I HATE Skype with a passion. Ventrilo is SO much simpler to use and way more convenient.

    Hey, now that i think about it, why don’t you set up a 6P ventrilo? I can show you how to moderate, ban/kick people, mute people and how to set up announcements in ventrilo etc. You can get like a 50 person one for like 6-10 bucks a month.

  • nardd

    haven’t tried it yet, but it’s not a bad idea! Sightspeed is another free one if you don’t like skype.

  • nardd

    haven’t tried it yet, but it’s not a bad idea! Sightspeed is another free one if you don’t like skype.

  • http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

    I’ve never heard of Ventrilo or Sightspeed, but I am perfectly content with Skype at the moment. I think it’s super easy to use.

    How do Venrilo and Sightspeed work? What makes them different than Skype?

  • http://www.sixprizes.com Adam

    I’ve never heard of Ventrilo or Sightspeed, but I am perfectly content with Skype at the moment. I think it’s super easy to use.

    How do Venrilo and Sightspeed work? What makes them different than Skype?

  • Dave Hueglin

    On the topic of playing on-line. Have any of you tried out Lackey? I’ve played it solitaire and really like it because you can see the actual cards (there’s even a window where you see the selected card at full size). It does have an on-line play mode but I haven’t tried it – so I don’t know how well it works.

    If you haven’t tried it its worth checking out.
    http://www.lackeyccg.com/
    http://www.lackeyccg.com/pokemon/

    Don’t let the example card graphic fool you, its got every card up to and including RR at the moment.

  • Dave Hueglin

    On the topic of playing on-line. Have any of you tried out Lackey? I’ve played it solitaire and really like it because you can see the actual cards (there’s even a window where you see the selected card at full size). It does have an on-line play mode but I haven’t tried it – so I don’t know how well it works.

    If you haven’t tried it its worth checking out.
    http://www.lackeyccg.com/
    http://www.lackeyccg.com/pokemon/

    Don’t let the example card graphic fool you, its got every card up to and including RR at the moment.

  • Rokman

    With Ventrilo, it’s super easy because you get a server, for example 6p, and you can have channels in your server. Like Deck discussion, General, Tournament Discussion, etc, and people can come in the server and go to whatever channel they like. Also, Vent is super convenient to make announcements in, everyone in the server will get a little pop up window with news, etc.

    Ventrilo is more for communities while Skype is more for business settings.

    and there should be no discussion between Appr/RS/lackey/whatever. Apprentice will always come on top.

    • http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

      Is it just voice chat or regular chat too?

      Alakapimp helped me get the 6P chat configured yesterday, so I want that the place for people to meet up and talk Pokemon cards and look for online games.

      I just don’t think there is a need for something with more capabilites like Ventrilo at the moment. IRC chat makes it super easy for anyone to get connected and if anyone wants to actually talk to their opponent, skype is perfect.

      In the future Ventrilo might be money tho, seems like it would be cool for tournaments.

    • Dave Hueglin

      Hey Rokman, why do you like apprentice the best? I don’t have enough experience with any of them to make a definitive decision when it comes to on-line play, so I am just trying to gather some opinions.

  • Rokman

    With Ventrilo, it’s super easy because you get a server, for example 6p, and you can have channels in your server. Like Deck discussion, General, Tournament Discussion, etc, and people can come in the server and go to whatever channel they like. Also, Vent is super convenient to make announcements in, everyone in the server will get a little pop up window with news, etc.

    Ventrilo is more for communities while Skype is more for business settings.

    and there should be no discussion between Appr/RS/lackey/whatever. Apprentice will always come on top.

    • http://www.sixprizes.com Adam

      Is it just voice chat or regular chat too?

      Alakapimp helped me get the 6P chat configured yesterday, so I want that the place for people to meet up and talk Pokemon cards and look for online games.

      I just don’t think there is a need for something with more capabilites like Ventrilo at the moment. IRC chat makes it super easy for anyone to get connected and if anyone wants to actually talk to their opponent, skype is perfect.

      In the future Ventrilo might be money tho, seems like it would be cool for tournaments.

    • Dave Hueglin

      Hey Rokman, why do you like apprentice the best? I don’t have enough experience with any of them to make a definitive decision when it comes to on-line play, so I am just trying to gather some opinions.

  • Xicious

    I use vent too, my brother plays nothing but wow so I always get the vent info for stuff like this and just to mess around with the raids. ;p

  • Xicious

    I use vent too, my brother plays nothing but wow so I always get the vent info for stuff like this and just to mess around with the raids. ;p

  • http://www.pokecardex.com/ vanderclava

    Hey guys,

    Pablo gave me the 6prizes hamachi network to play on Redshark. When do you usually play online?

    • http://www.adamcapriola.com/ Adam Capriola

      http://www.sixprizes.com/blog/chat/ The chat is going to be the place to look for a game, Alakapimp set it up for me yesterday so hopefully a flood of people start going there soon!

  • http://www.pokecardex.com vanderclava

    Hey guys,

    Pablo gave me the 6prizes hamachi network to play on Redshark. When do you usually play online?

    • http://www.sixprizes.com Adam

      http://www.sixprizes.com/blog/chat/ The chat is going to be the place to look for a game, Alakapimp set it up for me yesterday so hopefully a flood of people start going there soon!

  • yoyofsho16

    Skype is SWEET.
    My friend’s dad uses it to talk to my friend’s brother in Canada.

  • yoyofsho16

    Skype is SWEET.
    My friend’s dad uses it to talk to my friend’s brother in Canada.

  • nardd

    Sightspeed has video, voice, and regular text chat, so there are a lot of mediums to utilize whilst battling. I think skype has those too, but it’s just another option, I’m not sure which is better/worse.

  • nardd

    Sightspeed has video, voice, and regular text chat, so there are a lot of mediums to utilize whilst battling. I think skype has those too, but it’s just another option, I’m not sure which is better/worse.